We need a result for these pensions. And I want to thank the Ranking Member for the excellent work that he and his staff have done on this.
Heidi Heitkamp
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Heidi Heitkamp is an American politician and attorney who served as the United States Senator from North Dakota from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic-NPL Party, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from North Dakota. During her tenure, Heitkamp focused on issues such as agriculture, energy, and rural development, advocating for policies that benefited her state's economy and communities.
This is not just limited, and if we just simply focus on drug interdiction and on China, which is our immediate problem, we will miss the opportunity to fix the broader problem.
We knew we had a huge meth problem, a lot of attention paid to labs--90 to 95 percent of all the meth that was consumed in North Dakota came in through Mexico.
What are the strategies not just dealing with China, but what are the strategies to deal with these precursor problems?
I think it is really important that we not spend all of our time here simply focused on China.
The treaties that they have with Canada, with other international groups, limit their ability to do interdiction.
I think this is the third or fourth time we have been in this room talking about this, and I have to tell you this investigation reminds us that we are not doing everything and with a sense of urgency that we need to do.
I want to thank Keith and the Shakopee for the wonderful work that you guys did.
Well, Keith, one of the things Zach raised, which is which is value-added agriculture and meat processing...
Do you think that establishing a permanent rural development tribal technical assistance office, is that the first step toward that identification and that awareness of sovereignty and that these are entities that need to be dealt with…





